Rising costs dent profit for industrial tools maker Sandvik The Swedish company's adjusted operating profit grew to 4.79 billion crowns ($453.35 million) from a year-earlier 4.09 billion. Reuters | July 15, 2022 | 8:10 am
Brazil’s Cosan backs extending talks to form iron ore mining venture Company has approved extending talks on forming a mining venture between its subsidiary Altantico Participacoes and Bergnol Holding Limited. Reuters | July 15, 2022 | 8:08 am
Electronic nose closer to detecting multiple toxic gases simultaneously A recently developed environmental sensor may be lifesaving in a number of industries, including mining. Staff Writer | July 15, 2022 | 6:06 am
Mining People: Cassiar Gold, Excellon Resources, Silverton Metals, Skeena Resources Key moves in the mining sector. Staff Writer | July 15, 2022 | 6:00 am
The view from England: Time called on mining graduates The U.K. Mining Education Forum notes that no one has enrolled in mining engineering or mineral processing undergraduate courses in the country for the past two years. Chris Hinde | July 15, 2022 | 5:55 am
Cost of expansion at Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi rises again A cost and schedule reforecast now pegs the total project costs at $7.06 billion, almost $1.8 billion higher than its original estimate in 2015. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 15, 2022 | 4:01 am
VW’s battery business faces supply chain hurdles in road to IPO PowerCo, which bundles the carmaker’s global battery efforts, is trying to secure raw materials amid surging prices and logistics issues. Bloomberg News | July 14, 2022 | 8:07 pm
Rio Tinto faces labour crunch in Western Australia, warns of inflation hit Rising covid-19 cases at its Pilbara operations have led to "elevated levels of unplanned absences." Reuters | July 14, 2022 | 4:58 pm
China’s June daily coal output jumps on peak summer demand Coal output over the first six months of 2022 reached 2.19 billion tonnes, up 11% from the same period last year. Reuters | July 14, 2022 | 4:02 pm